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This file gives a list of improvements of recent versions over
the preceeding versions.
Improvements in HyperRead Generator 5.0 over version 4.4:
1) HyperRead Generator can now create an encoded text file that makes
editing existing HyperRead documents without destroying the links easy.
This file is not the final ASCII file that is distributed, but a
special file that can be edited in most word processors without
destroying the HyperRead links and then converted back to a text file
and HyperRead control file by HyperRead Generator.
2) HyperRead Generator now contains a built-in version of Document
Cleaner, which converts most text files that are not compatible with
HyperRead to a compatible format. If HyperRead Generator detects that
the file contains control characters or has lines that exceed 79
characters, it will offer to save the original text file with the BAK
extension and create a new text file. The new file will have shortened
lines (always broken at a space, of course), tabs will be converted to
a series of spaces, control characters (except page feeds) will be
removed, and optional left and right margins will be added to the text.
3) The <B>ack command listed on the bottom of the screen is now grayed
out when you have not made any link jumps. This gives an easy visual
guide to when you have backtracked to the bottom of your series of
hypertext jumps.
4) When using the <S>earch function, the screen cursor now goes to the
start of the search text in the line where it is found, instead of being
at the start of the line as in previous versions.
5) When pressing keyboard keys, such as J or L, HyperRead Generator 5.0
now responds even if you are holding down the Alt or Ctrl keys, even
though this is not necessary. It also responds to the Home and End keys
while the Ctrl key is pressed, even though the Ctrl key is not necessary.
This is done to increase compatibility with other text editor and word
processor programs, since people who are in the habit of pressing the
Alt or Ctrl keys while pressing hot keys sometimes get confused when
HyperRead Generator does not respond when they press hot keys while
holding down Alt or Ctrl.
6) When listing possible document files as new files to be hypertexted,
HyperRead Generator 5.0 does not display some of the file names that
are obviously not document files, such as EXE or COM files. It still
lists any file that might remotely be a document file, meaning any file
that it does not specifically recognize as another type of file.
The HyperRead read-only module version 5.0 contains features 3, 4 and 5
above. It is also 7 bytes smaller than HyperRead 4.4.
Improvements in version 5.1 over 5.0:
The HyperRead read-only module version 5.1 contains a new disk access
routine that causes the document loading and most large movements
within the document to take about 1/5th as long as with version 5.0.
Unfortunately, version 5.1 is 333 bytes larger than version 5.0.
HyperRead Generator 5.1 fixes a small bug in HyperRead Generator 5.0.
The bug caused it to "lose" any HyperRead link to the first line of the
document when you saved the file as an encoded text file and then
converted this file back to a normal HyperRead file. This problem seldom
surfaced, since links to the first line of the document are rare.
HyperRead Generator 5.1 is also faster in some aspects of disk reading
than version 5.0, although the improvement is not as great as in the
read-only module.
Improvements in version 5.2 over 5.1:
The PCX file viewer has been enhanced. The program will now display
a much wider range of PCX pictures. The 16 color, 640 pixel wide by
350 pixel high format is now the MAXIMUM color and size limit, rather
than being the only PCX format that HyperRead can show. This
improvement is especially important to people who want to use pictures
created by black and white scanners. It also allows you to use smaller
PCX files if you do not need the maximum color range and size allowed
by HyperRead. The PCX pictures also display about 10 times faster on
the screen with version 5.2. No more long waits to view complex
pictures.
HyperRead 5.2 is also 102 bytes smaller.
HyperRead Generator 5.2 also fixes two small bugs in version 5.1. First,
version 5.1 would crash if you tried to load an ETF file while there
was a file in the current directory with the same root name as the ETF
file and a BAK extension. Version 5.2 fixes this. Also, version 5.1
responded to the ENTER key as if you had pressed the M key. This has
also been fixed. A small price for this fix is that version 5.2 no
longer responds to Ctrl-M. This is really of no importance, because
Ctrl-M produced exactly the same effect as just pressing M. This
duplication was only provided for the convenience of users how are
conditioned by other programs to press the Crtl key whenever they
wanted to active a "hot key." Those people will just have to remember
not to press Ctrl when they press the M key.
Improvements in version 5.3 over 5.2:
HyperRead 5.3 and HyperRead Generator 5.3 can view a wider range of PCX
fiels than version 5.2. Most notably, they can view 16-color 640 X 480
pictures and 256-color 320 X 200 pictures.